>>>>> "Drieux" == Drieux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Drieux> I have the first printing from 1991 version - does this version have Drieux> a name??? So that when I mention it, I can use the culturally Drieux> accepted term..... This remains the dog eared, coffee stained, Drieux> fast thumber - in lieu of a 'cheat sheet'.... I just call it "first edition". Drieux> The 3rd Edition is Excellent for the more complex parts of perl - Drieux> but suffers, IMMHO, from needing the smaller edition for the entree... Yes, the goal for Learning Perl has always been "how do you spend your first 40 hours with Perl (provided you already program some other algorithmic language)?". It matches what we teach in class, so we're pretty confident about amount and pace. Now, the next step would be to write a book that is "how to spend your *second* 40 hours with Perl...". :) -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/> Perl/Unix/security consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See PerlTraining.Stonehenge.com for onsite and open-enrollment Perl training!
